The grant is available when you purchase either a NEW or SECOND HAND electric vehicle (EV).
Applicant Requirements
- Any private owner who buys an eligible EV in 2018 or later is eligible to apply for this grant.
- The EV must be parked at an off-street parking location associated with their home and the charger must be connected back to the fuse board/consumer unit of the applicant's home.
- The Meter Point Reference Number (MPRN), found on your electricity bill, will be used to confirm the location of your home.
- The property can not be associated with a previous EV vehicle grant and charge point offer. For example, it can not have availed of the free ESB Ecars home charger pre 2018.
- You should not commence any work prior to the start date on your 'Letter of Offer', otherwise you will not receive grant support for this work.
- On the day of install, our electrician will issue a Safe Ireland/RECI cert and complete the SEAI 'Payment Request Form' upon completion of install. Both of these documents should be submitted to SEAI for the grant to be paid.
€600 per Household with any New or Second Hand electric vehicle purchased.
Vehicle Requirements
- Only vehicles registered new or bought second hand from 2018 onwards are eligible for a home charger grant.
- Only vehicles which are now or were previously eligible for grant support under the EV Grant Scheme are eligible.
- EVs include Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) or Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs).
- Vehicles purchased new in Ireland, privately imported as new or privately imported as second hand and registered in Ireland in 2018 or later are eligible.
- Second hand cars where ownership by the applicant occurs in 2018 or onwards are eligible.
- Vehicles must be registered for private use